Thanks....idiot at pet store told me it was a banjo! I didn't know anything about it until i googled the banjo and saw it isn't what i got...How big do these usually get?

Fredsterbit

11-16-2012 09:12 AM

Well I'd be cautious because I don't think the Upside Down Catfish is the only catfish that swims that way. How big is it now?

Byron

11-16-2012 12:18 PM

The photo is on its side, so the fish is actually hanging vertically on the tank wall.

It is not a Banjo, no doubt of that. It might be a Synodontis species. I don't have time at the moment, have to head off; but if you check Planet Catfish, they have hundreds of photos.

Byron.

Samuraifishman

11-19-2012 04:05 AM

Thanks Byron, will check it out.
@Fredsterbit it is around 6 or 7cm now and i've had it for 6 months already...hope that helps.

Thoth

11-19-2012 07:26 AM

It is a Synodontis catfish. The semi oval, fleshy fin (adipose fin) between the dorsal and caudal fin is an extremly comon characteristic to the Family of fish that contains the genus Synodontis; I dont know of a Synodontis with out the fin looking like this. I would say that this is a Synodontis euptera but could very well be a hybrid as they are very common. Most of the Syno's available at Petsmart or chain fish stores in the states that I have seen are hybrids.

Synodontis

12-08-2012 05:05 PM

That is definitely a synodontis, and I would agree that it looks like euptera (aka, featherfin synodontis).